Mr. Speaker, this bill was debated at the second reading stage. For those watching, the second reading stage is before the bill even goes to committee, and even at that time, there were several Conservative members who spoke against the bill and had lots of reservations about the bill.
Now they claim that the only time they had reservations was when the freedom of religion defence came up in committee. Even when that amendment came up and was discussed at the committee, every witness at committee was questioned about it. There was discussion. For the member to state that there was no discussion on the issue is disingenuous. He could go back and see all the video clips and film from the committee hearings or he could read all about it.